Monday, 5 September 2011

MrsM is browsing peacefully.
MissM and the Charming MasterN
are doing the hard work.

MissMHi!We were looking for you
We've got everything I need for uni.

Charming MasterNDon't worry!
It is all very good value.

MrsMWhat's this?
A plain red duvet cover?

MissMI haven't chosen anything expensive.

MrsMIt doesn't match your towels.

MissMThat's true.
But that doesn't matter.
Does it?

MrsMMatter?
Of course it matters.
I can't let you go to university
with a plain duvet cover
that doesn't match your towels.
My life is too short
to waste it worrying about you.
Find a shop assistant.
I need to talk to someone.

I think Alice is being tongue in cheek about this, Kathe. Good luck with it all, I am sure she will have a lovely time.This post reminds me of those What Katy Did stories where the redhead was never allowed to wear pink? or is it another author from that period?

Forget matching, if she'll be doing her own laundry the important question is 'are all items sufficiently dyefast to be bunged in the wash together and not all come out mudcoloured?' ... students have no time for sorting stuff pre wash ... trust me, I speak from experience ;)

I do know not to leave wet towels on a bed. And I do know that having white towels and white bedding means that if anyone (naming no names) ever does this, I can't see them and by nighttime the damage is done.

Sue, I like to think Lucy Montgomery would have let Anne wear pink, but I imagine the neighbours would have had plenty to say about it too!I just have a feeling Katy or Clover had a redheaded friend - I remember thinking, 'how very silly', anyhow.